USAR: Jennerstown: Team L.A. Motorsports race notes

Hooter's ProCup Rookie Candidate, Joel Kauffman, has solid performance at
Jennerstown.
April 14, 2003 (LaGrange, IN) 2003 USAR Hooter's ProCup Rookie of the Year
candidate, Joel Kauffman, started his season off with a solid performance
this past...

April 14, 2003 (LaGrange, IN) 2003 USAR Hooter's ProCup Rookie of the Year
candidate, Joel Kauffman, started his season off with a solid performance
this past weekend in the Lucas Oil 250 at Jennerstown Speedway in
Jennerstown, PA.

17-year-old Kauffman qualified his #44 Chevrolet on the outside pole
Saturday afternoon and was able to run in the top 10 all evening, leading 8
laps early in the event and finishing the race in 8th.

"We were pleased with our results this weekend" remarked Kauffman. "Our
goal for this weekend was to produce a solid qualifying effort and complete
all the laps in the race. It is an honor to be out here racing door to
door with some of the best short track talent in the country. We are a new
team to USAR so we need to earn our respect with the officials, teams and
drivers and this is the best way to do it."

"It was important for us to come here and run good," stated Josh Tucker,
the teams Marketing and Public Relations Manager. "L.A. West Luxury
Vehicles and Choo Choo Customs stepped up this weekend as a primary sponsor
but that was a one race deal. We are actively seeking marketing partners
for this race team and for us to come to the first race and have results
like this helps. We have great equipment and great people involved with
this team and efforts like this help prove our ability. Joel is very
talented and can offer a lot of publicity to the right company," added
Tucker.

This race will be shown on SPEED Channel this Thursday, April 17th at
7:00pm EST. The team's next race will be the Food City 250 at Lonesome
Pine Raceway in Coeburn, VA. That race is scheduled to take the green flag
on April 26th at 7:00pm and will air on SPEED Channel Thursday, May 1st at
7:00pm EST. For more information on Joel you can visit the teams official
website, www.joelkauffman.com. To learn more about the numerous
opportunities the team has available for potential marketing partners
please contact Josh Tucker by email at jtucker@lawest.com or by phone at
260-463-4060.